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You can not simply keep driving.

Your original driver’s licence has been cancelled permanently, so that in anticipation of your disqualification or suspension being over you will need to apply to NZTA for the re-issue of a drivers licence.

Here is a link to that application form:

Yes, you should read and re-read the terms of the Court order relating to your application carefully and obtain clarification on any matter that is unclear to you.

You will need to obtain and maintain a dedicated logbook recording the detail specified in your particular order.

Yes,

Once you have filed your application at the NZTA agency office and paid their fee it is possible to request urgent consideration of your application.

To do this you will need to provide the Agency office with a letter setting out the reasons why your Limited licence needs to be issued urgently (including the potential consequences if it is not).

No.

You must then take your copy of the sealed Court order to the nearest NZTA agency and make application to the NZTA for the Limited Licence.

A nationwide list of NZTA agency offices can be found here:

Yes, except in Napier and Hastings, everyone needs to appear in Court on a hearing date allocated by the Court.

If you have been disqualified by the District Court, the application must be filed in the same District Court where the sentencing took place